Castro Díaz-Balart was the only son of Fidel and his first wife, Mirta Díaz-Balart, who were divorced before the Cuban revolution. As a child, he was the subject of a nasty custody battle — with his mother, having kidnapped and moving with him to live in New York. He eventually landed back in Cuba when after his father seized power in 1959.

Castro Díaz-Balart was trained in the Soviet Union as a nuclear physicist and served as a scientific adviser to Cuba’s Council of State.

There are several different accounts of Castro Díaz-Balart’s alleged suicide ranging from throwing himself off the roof to shooting himself in the head at the military hospital facility where he was allegedly receiving treatment.

…One neighbor said Castro Díaz-Balart locked himself in a fourth-floor room at the clinic and wouldn’t let doctors enter, before throwing himself through a window and landing in front of the building not far from the Cuban flag, which remained at full staff Friday.

Another neighbor said that about two months ago, he saw Castro Díaz-Balart waiting at a bus stop in the neighborhood, and another saw him walking around Kohly.

If any of the death versions are true, it would help explain why the official press reacted so quickly to announce the suicide and share details about his depression with the population[…]

Image: Derivative from of photo Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart and Enrique Pena Nieto, president of Mexico Source: President of Mexico-Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

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